My Microsoft Word
Suddenly is quite absurd
With MS11 it’s taken over by a.i.
Making me tear at my hair and give a suffering sigh
Wishing merely to write a new file
It insists on making me wait a while
As it forces me to say the gist of what I want
So it can write for me from a given prompt
I do not wish to have some program write my tales
Even if it would possibly make sales
I want to think, cogitate, imagine, dream
As I WRITE my stories torrid or serene
So give me back my personal control
Even if I write something quite droll
My satisfaction is derived from creating
From my human mind without debating
With some soulless writing machine
That neither can imagine nor dream
About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
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Comments (4)
Oooo, cogitate is a new word for me. It sure sucks that you're experiencing this
So on point <3
Hi Andrew! It is annoying how those apps interfere with our writing. I just simply deactivate the automatic function. Great rhyme scheme.
I hate those prompts and changes stuff like Grammarly throws up. Well said